Table 1

Summary of analyzed process conceptualizations

ConceptualizationDominant conceptContractExistential propertyRepresentational property
ImperativeTask (required business activities to reach a goal)Control-flow (defined activities and flows are controlled during process execution)Ex ante (model must exist before process execution)Class (generic case)
Instance-basedTaskTask-flow (activities and flows are extracted from process execution)Ex post (model is created after process execution)Instance (particular case)
DeclarativeConstraint (property or dependency between business activities in a process)Declarative (constraints must be satisfied at the end of the process execution)Ex anteClass (generic constraints)
Actor-centricActor (involved business actor, which can be human or not)Choreography (actors publicly commit to certain tasks)Ex anteClass (generic commitments)
Patterns of actionAction (anything that links actors in the process)Patterns of action (actors are interconnected through recognizable patterns of action)Ex post (past patterns of action) and ex ante (model influences action)Network (of patterns of action, which retains “history”)
Process storiesNarrative element (any knowledge about the process, e.g. events, actors, tasks, decisions, and emotions)Narrative (process execution is interpreted by the reader)Ex post (past cases) and ex ante (model helps making decisions)Collection (of stories, each describing a particular case)

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